Despite my earlier initial successes using the Django Magic-Removal Branch, I had to roll back. The branch code was stuck in an unusable state for a couple weeks when I was really wanting to crank out some functionality on my storefront.
I’ve long since learned that when you have a strong urge to code, […]
When I accepted the job at Dotster, they asked me what kind of computer I wanted, so they could have it ready for me on May 1 when I start. I paused, and said hopefully, “A Macbook?”"
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What is your most productive dash/break schedule? I mean, when you are at your peak “flow” level, or more likely when you are trying to evoke your I’ve been thinking about this and experimenting a bit lately. It is a tough one to optimize since there are so many variables involved.
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I was in an emergency meeting recently where the company had sold a big project, based in large part on a super-duper-solves-everything process tool. This tool, this magical tool, is to be the company’s leverage for bringing in all the facets of the project on time and under budget.
Problem is, there’s no such tool. […]
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In the grand tradition of Daring Fireball I’m going to share my software choices.
This is just a quick post to confirm that Django does indeed work perfectly on Rimuhosting with very little effort required to set up. It is fast, it connected to my Mysql db without a peep of a complaint, and it is making me a happy developer.
Setup details
I’m using Rimu’s “MiroVPS3″ plan. It […]
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Argh! I simply cannot get Django to work on Dreamhost. I hereby eat my words.
I’m really not worried about it, to be honest.
I tried for hours, and the best I got was extremely spotty results. Even the simple “hello.fcgi” directly copied from the Dreamhost Wiki only works about 30% of the time. […]
I’m decided to use Rimuhosting as my new VPS provider. In my last post, I gave a comparison table for the VPS providers that made my short list.
I really spent a long while reading and researching my choices. Please keep in mind that my priorities are almost certainly not yours. For me, […]
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I spent hours and hours yesterday deciding on a VPS solution for my new store.
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Sometimes I have to remind myself why I am writing a brand-new shopping cart and product management system.